Cheng, Bobby
ACF ID: 2408394 • VIC • b. 1997 · Male
Achievements
Curated notes tied to this player’s FIDE ID.
Australian Player of the Year honours
Awarded the Australian Chess Federation Steiner Medallists Player of the Year 2 times: 2013, 2022.
Australian Chess Federation · source
ACF Junior Player of the Year honours
Received the ACF Arlauskas Medallist award for Junior Player of the Year in 2009.
Australian Chess Federation · source
ACF Junior Player of the Year honours
Received the ACF Arlauskas Medallist award for Junior Player of the Year in 2010.
Australian Chess Federation · source
Australian Open honours
Won the Australian Open in 2013, according to the Australian Chess Federation honour roll.
Australian Chess Federation · source
Australian Junior Championship honours
Won the Australian Junior Championship in 2010, according to the ACF honour boards.
Australian Chess Federation · source
Australian Junior Championship honours
Won the Australian Junior Championship in 2011, according to the ACF honour boards.
Australian Chess Federation · source
Australian grandmaster title record
Bobby Cheng is listed by the Australian Chess Federation among Australian grandmasters, with IM title in 2013 and GM title in 2019.
Australian Chess Federation · source
Grandmaster career highlights
Bobby Cheng is a New Zealand-Australian chess grandmaster. Cheng was world champion in the under 12 category in 2009, the only Australian in history to win a world over-the-board title. Cheng won Australian Open championship in 2013 and Australian chess Championship in 2016. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2019.
Wikipedia · source
FIDE rating
International standard — official FIDE profile
Standard
2571
Rapid
2507
Blitz
2481
FIDE rating history
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National lists vs this profile
Imports in our database run through classic 2026-03 and quick 2026-03. This player's last stored classic row is 2024-03, quick 2021-09. Missing years in the history table mean they did not appear on those published lists in our ACF files (or we have not imported that period yet)—not that the headline number comes from a future list that is missing below.
ACF Classic
2651!State rank #1 (VIC)
ACF Quick
2520State rank #3 (VIC)